About

Mark Travis represented public and private sector organizations in employment litigation, labor relations, administrative proceedings and civil rights disputes for 25 years before becoming a full-time neutral. He received his law degree from the University of Louisville and holds a Master of Laws in Dispute Resolution from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law, where he also teaches employment dispute resolution.

After leaving the active practice of law in 2008, Mark served as Director of the Tennessee Labor-Management Center through which he provided a variety of education, training and services in workplace dispute resolution. Mark’s ADR practice is concentrated exclusively as a mediator, arbitrator, and neutral fact-finder in all areas of employment law, labor relations, and civil rights.

Mark currently serves on panels for the American Arbitration Association, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the National Mediation Board, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. He holds an advanced certificate in Workplace ADR from the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. A founding member of the Tennessee Association of Professional Mediators, Mark is a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, is listed on the Employment Panel of CPR’s Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, and is a certified mediator with the International Mediation Institute. In 2013, Mark was elected as a Distinguished Fellow in the International Academy of Mediators, and is “AV” rated by Martindale Hubbell.

Panel Appointments

Listed General Civil Mediator, Tennessee Supreme Court

Panel Mediator, United States District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; United States District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; United States District Court, Western District of Tennessee

Roster of Neutrals, Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Roster Mediator, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority

Roster Arbitrator, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority

Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators, National Arbitration Forum

Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, Employment Panel, International Institute of Conflict Prevention and Resolution

Publications

In addition to teaching and working in the field of ADR, Mark has written extensively on a variety of subjects relevant to the field. Regardless of whether one serves as an advocate, party or neutral, the following materials provide practical and useful information on the utilization of ADR in employment law and labor relations.